Trump Nominates Kash Patel for Head of FBI & Hunter Biden’s Last Minute Pardon | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart on Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Biden’s last-minute pardon for his son Hunter, and how Democrats can't seem to hold the high ground no matter how low Republicans sink. #DailyShow #JonStewart #Biden
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[@moocowp4970]

I mean, you guys were literally saying that Democrats should use loopholes more often, so I guess they really took your advice to heart 😅

[@Phills69]

This! Exactly this! Yes!!!

[@annyjones7228]

Amen!

[@Built2Fast]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@Professicchio]

ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME!!!

[@blablableep6811]

Bipartisanship allows all of us to rationalize nonsense

[@iForeverImmature]

as someone who's not from america, the idea that any president: 1- can pardon themselves 2- can pardon any blood relative 3- cant be prosecuted if they are on office or not (?) is wack

[@Flagdread]

As an american I agree wholeheartedly

[@annettehunter9743]

Totally agree. These laws are asking to be exploited. You can't prosecute a sitting president? Why not???? A crook is a crook and surely nobody wants a crook as their president?? But they do in USA. It's all going to implode like in the film 'Downfall'.

[@wojciechmuras553]

Is that really that unusual? The Polish president has many of the same powers. EDIT: Just checked the UN database, and as I said, it's the polar opposite of unusual - the vast majority of countries, from paragons of democracy such as Finland, through autocratic one-party states like China, to the most tyrannical dictatorships like Eritrea, have and routinely use the power of pardon. Nothing to get excited about. I counted 14 out of the ~195 countries that don't have this option.

[@jorgeramos4994]

A majority of governments has a pardon system apart from the US. Is not at all something uncommon, just something that, like many institutions used to have some moral or ethical compass. Although it is a prerogative, people used to exercise it with a lot more care...

[@Grashalm]

Something you thought only evil autocrats were doing. And now people that were supposed to be reasonable are celebrating the same thing they found so despicable until recently. Absolutely wild.

[@Wulk]

He is like "what are they gonna do? Not vote for me again?" 😂

[@Elthenar]

Plus his remaining life expectancy is lower than a gallon of mik, what is anyone going to do him lol.

[@samplexample]

Biden went rogue, regaining salience long enough to complete his redemption arc. His own party insiders couped him, so he decided to focus on his personal affairs and not the party’s. Demos are so incoherent and low info. They have no solutions. Even their platitudes lead us in the wrong direction. Besides, power of pardon is a perk of the commander and chief of the military ie the root of all law and order. As someone who wants to abolish/divide the Dems, Biden is a hero.

[@alexiuswong3482]

He didn't even get to the point where people did not vote for him. He stepped down. So this is more like a f you to the Democratic Party.

[@hbray86]

Trump is saying the same thing

[@Namedonelettere]

Come on man

[@MsProbity-v7g]

Hands down - Jon Stewart is one of the best political satirists alive! His high brand of humour, quick wit, and delivery are consummate and intensely/immensely appreciated. Saluting you for your service in raising the awareness of America.

[@jonstewart8683]

@@MsProbity-v7g you're welcome

[@NazriBuang-w9v]

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[@iancharlespilch]

Whoever wrote the Doctor Seuss joke deserves a high five.

[@Keanureeves-e2z]

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[@Lisapeters-q6m]

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[@randallreed7415]

Almost none of the other Dr. Seuss books refer to golden showers 🤔 Almost none

[@PamCavanaugh-up3fo]

What Dr Seuss joke? The book about the Sneetches?

[@latituderider]

Joe Biden coming out with that "F*** it, I don't care anymore" energy.

[@Deke1]

he never did care about anyone other than his crime family corruption

[@jjburgess1583]

Biden giving the OK for Ukraine to use our missles right as hes stepping out the door is diabolical. These people really do hate America. Glad Trump won

[@RD-qb7sd]

That started when he was pushed out and voted MAGA with Jill in her red suit!

[@GoldenAgeDave]

Your right!

[@TheZombieButler]

I think this is an FU to the Democrats for kicking him off the ticket.

[@schols03]

Jon you killed me with that 14:25 “This turkey is delicious. Obviously, not one of the ones that was PARDONED.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Shout out al the way from Amsterdam in the Netherlands!🫡✈️

[@katiehill619]

As a Canadian, I have been constantly stunned over the last 10 years or so at what has been exposed in American democracy. For such a celebrated democracy, the amount of power to just rule on things with Executive Orders, Presidential Pardons and stacked courts is absolutely shocking. I can't think of other Western democracies that give their President and a handful of elite insiders so much personal, unfettered power to overrule the rule of law, or democratic process. Stunning.

[@JKThom-59]

Ikr? Smh

[@HR-nl7fc]

We are NOT a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. 🇺🇸

[@jaythenihilist4689]

The single thing that America has still been able to just barely hang on to, that no other country has, is our 1st amendment rights to freedom of speech. But regarding corruption in politics, no country has clean hands.

[@trevinbeattie4888]

A few things you may not be aware of: • Executive orders are limited to directing the actions of federal agencies, and are still bound within the parameters of congressional legislation. They are not a replacement for law. • I’m not sure what you’re referring to by “stacked courts”, but the President cannot change the size of the Supreme Court (one of the things that was considered in this past term) without congressional legislation. • In the same vein as the above, the President may nominate judges for the Supreme Court or lower federal courts _but_ the nominees have to be confirmed by the Senate.

[@oildalejones567]

*Constitutional republic

[@JazzyJonas]

Dear President Biden, PLEASE DO OTHER STUFF TOO BEFORE YOU LEAVE OFFICE HELP!

[@RuthCuadrado]

He doesn’t care

[@Scorch428]

Biden should pardon everyone for Christmas day. Then we can have THE PURGE!

[@tesladrew2608]

​@@mrdynamic8678I don't think you know how bills get passed lol

[@the_shah_of_iran]

You are the type of people that make people like me cringe.

[@alvarny77]

Like ending the wars

[@trevorprice13]

“This turkey is delicious, obviously not one of the ones that was pardoned…” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ekdaufin1485]

😂

[@pmc7105]

That Dr. Seuss-like rhyme at the beginning was priceless.

[@unintentionalprovocateur2158]

Thank you for not acting like the left is always right. Not that Fox or Trump will ever agree, but it lets me know you speak to truth and not politics.

[@dafreak117]

Him and Steven on the original daily show was at its peak. They made fun of everyone. Jon is back to that and I'm enjoying it. -Trump Voter

[@JeanConley]

A lot better than the "right," who think that they are above anyone else and don't realize that The Orange Buffoon is the real criminal/traitor/anti-democracy idiot.

[@DanielGarcia-rx3kt]

"The left" lol Both parties are right of center.

[@Simi-o8b]

​@@dafreak117 I hope you comment the same on those channels, but I bet you don't. Liberals have to be fair, but conservatives don't?

[@dafreak117]

@Simi-o8b I'm a libertarian. I'm for making fun of everyone including fellow libertarians. So, short answer, yes I balance my jokes evenly.

[@messedup4538]

“Now watch this dive” went so hard 😂 🏊

[@messedup4538]

respect to Jon Stewart for that callback to George W Bush golfing 🏌🏻‍♂️

[@MMAGamblingTips]

@@messedup4538yea, I bet 2% of those in the crowd got it and maybe 20% of those at home.

[@artcollier3707]

@@messedup4538 I came to the comments to see if someone had caught that exact reference

[@teddymartinii1979]

Most Republicans in the Senate will give Trump whatever he wants. The first one to drop his pants and bend over will be Lindsey Graham. It won't be the first time. All we can do is hope that there are a handful of Republicans willing to sacrifice their careers to vote agains't Trump's worst nominees, like Kash Patel.

[@shawn.the.alien423]

I have a firm belief that somewhere in Mar-a-Lago, in a small safe that only Trump has access to, there is an old VHS tape from the '80s or '90s of Lindsay Graham fellating a rough trick named Jim.

[@Cloud30000]

Dems gave Biden anything he wanted; Republicans will do the same just to spite them. Then, Dems will turn around and do it back once they regain power. Two eyes for an eye, and f the world in the process. ‘Merica, f yeah!

[@justjaseyeah]

Republicans are invertebrates, there's no spines to be found

[@doriangrey9702]

@ teddy, some Republicans will be sacrificing their careers, others will be trying to save themselves in the mid term elections.

[@halluhmee]

@@shawn.the.alien423 oh so that's why the boxes of confidential documents couldn't be securely stowed in the safe, it was full of blackmail video.

[@noahhall2360]

That nickelodeon remark made me laugh way harder than it should of

[@youngmicrowave127]

Should have*

[@MistaTofMaine]

​@@youngmicrowave127*should have.

[@achinism]

@@youngmicrowave127 Stop pretending you puritan, you're no better then us!

[@AllOfTheHallows]

We would have also accepted "should've"

[@mathridha]

@@AllOfTheHallows would of*

[@JohnDoe-gy5dr]

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was my favorite show by a huge margin when I was growing up. Its so crazy to see a new episode with him in it. I'm just commenting to boost the video but Stewart is a national treasure.

[@catemuse]

Anybody think he changed in the interim?

[@jianwhite7179]

Sorry to say, but that Nickelodeon trademark infringement line was a bar 😂

[@_SYDGAMING_]

Easy W. Best line ever used 😂

[@Sataka23clips]

Democrat voters have been duped 5 times this year. 😂😂 then they call us the cult😂 Maga forever

[@dietotaku]

@@Sataka23clips sweetheart we're not the ones whose victory lap was interrupted by frantic googling of "what are tariffs" and "how to change my vote"

[@Pondy33]

@@dietotakuI’m so glad you lost

[@TachoSJ]

😂😂😂

[@daniellebelisle2446]

As a wise witch once said, “I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game.” 💚

[@bsmeaker]

EXACTLY!!!! 💚💚💚

[@denisedomonkos6447]

CHEERS to that !! 🥂🥂

[@urkiddingme6254]

Something has changed within me Something is not the same I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game - Joe Biden

[@mrod21mvp]

It's too late for 2nd guessing, and too late to go back to sleep.

[@kcsnipes]

lul, yet we can't do anything to stop it so we have to play by their rules

[@willow881000]

Merry Christmas to the Bidens! ❄☃⛄❄

[@samuelaganbi8276]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DaleGribble1]

The worst president of all of our lives. Its finally over

[@zainjal26]

By snow you mean coke ?

[@Jillians1025]

​@zainjal26 What? Buddy, the only one on nose candy is Don Jr.😊gtfoh

[@MaijaKarklins]

Does that include the granddaughter they pretended didn't exist, to support her dead beat dad?

[@NandMoo]

There is no one better to cover the joke that is our government than a comedian. Much respect for John Stewart.

[@faritop]

It's Jon Stewart

[@michaelmcmillian841]

This. Republicans and Democrats are both jokes, and neither one is a particularly funny one.

[@4dLoveOfSoccer]

4:10 "11 years is very specific" 🤣🤣😂

[@AgentSmith911]

Yup, Ukraine

[@isaacamponsah2996]

Yeah, the hunter and Joe Biden corruption in Ukraine started 11 years ago which they denied. He knows he will definitely be behind bars for those crimes and Joe himself will be implicated so he pardons to save himself too. The Biden family is just a crime family

[@PsychCaptain]

I guess to avoid what Hillary went through with Benghazi

[@cgstl6938]

Hunter started working at burisma in 2014 so that tells you everything you need to know

[@PsychCaptain]

@@cgstl6938 That after 4 years, the GOP found nothing, but would have continue to dig no matter what, just like they did with Hillary?

[@askholia]

Morning Joe trying to lightly be contrarian to Kash Patel is hilarious.

[@kingace6186]

Joe and Mika are a joke and I am loving watching them lose all their viewers. I hope kissing the ring was worth it.

[@bekind593]

Thank you, Jon Stewart, for the joy you bring!😃

[@wriptag3]

I guess I need to be the one to point out the problem with Trump and the documents wasn't that he had him, it's that he engaged in a conspiracy to refuse to give them back.

[@h7672]

Fr :3

[@lindseeziegler90]

Jon is the BEST

[@mikeprice5838]

"Or may have committed" was used when Ford pardoned Nixon.😊

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

...so it is fine?

[@lamoinette23]

@@geirmyrvagnes8718 😅 well, it does make it a republican precedent

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

@@lamoinette23 Joe Biden: Technically not worse than the most notorious republicans?

[@nolabets3130]

So that's OK then, you're happy about the nepotism corruption, I thought you guys hated nepotism?

[@foreverwild9298]

The orange pig did it​@@nolabets3130

[@krishutch3d]

Does anyone actually have any faith in the system a more ?. If I was Biden I would definitely be taking my entire family on holiday overseas for at least the next 4 years.

[@UtubeH8tr]

They can vacation at a prison max facility.

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

​@@UtubeH8tr You are such an idiot. Lol

[@ruekurei88]

@@UtubeH8tr Trump's future holiday home until he won the presidency.

[@Kazihirom]

@@UtubeH8tr Trump tried to overthrow the constitution and is a traitor and should be punished for that and you think Biden did anything wrong. Trump tried to nuke a hurricane he’s insane.

[@wmandthings]

​@@UtubeH8tr so normal

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Kash Patel The Answer to the question What if you combined J Edgar Hoover with Alex Jones?

America's Heinrich Himmler

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Plus Dinesh Desouza.

[@ChannelMath]

Hoover was an effective leader. I can't see that from this guy

[@zigzag321go]

​@@ChannelMaththe guy is J Edgar Hoover's personality with Herbert Hoover's decision making. Plus Alex Jones's propensity for telling the truth.

[@BryanSmith-b1n]

Oh ya hit the nail on the head.

[@Kit.Blackthorne555]

Jon, please run for president! We need you!

[@nochepatada]

He only person who can save America

[@psychicbyinternet]

Second

[@michaellombardi1620]

The plot against the king? are you freaking kidding me?

[@andrewg7576]

It's phuquing turrible.

[@basscase78]

And this is why tRump wants him in charge of the fbi. He is a sycophant

[@Ryan-mn6on]

How was the Steele dossier legitimate?

[@milenio4388]

@@Ryan-mn6on Because it was information gathered by an ex british intelligence officer instead of directly from Russian agents like Andrii Derkach like Rudy Giuliani did. Not sure about you but I find the british more trustworthy than russians.

[@DustyJones1997BGCL]

I'm thinking like what parent would buy their children that book any parent who does that they are terrible parents and don't care about their children.

[@pauldourlet]

In regard to Patel. The fact he wrote children'book titled The Plot Against the King gives me chills. Doesn't he know we fought a war against a King to be free of him? That is scary.

[@pleasy13]

We in the UK are still awaiting all those back taxes from your "United States".... :)

[@Akhenatonio]

​@@pleasy13We are united by name only.

[@Chr1s-fm6bi]

No one knows less about American history than Americans.

[@blrbrazil1718]

And you've been paying the price ever since. While the UK enjoys its constitutional monarchy, the USA is battling against the aristocracy you put in its place.

[@JackShaheen-dy2el]

@@Chr1s-fm6bi You nailed it. I bet more than half of Americans could not tell you the 3 branches of their government and what each does.

[@gnocchidokey]

"why this weekend"? bc trump just said he's appointing mr revenge who specifically hates hunter biden to the fbi bro

[@jeffanon1772]

Smart of Biden to wait til after the election to pardon his son ..

[@allanlomas5133]

copium

[@robobbymurrowen6785]

Or he was always going to

[@Ittybittythetwofacedkitty]

Hunter will continue to break the law. They will catch him on something else

[@rantalbott6963]

@@Ittybittythetwofacedkitty Yada, yada, yada: you clowns of been claiming that for years, and have come up empty every time.

[@RachelVonLee]

Every time I watch Jon I love him more and more. The man is a national treasure.

[@randystone4903]

We lost the rule of law when we allowed judges to be affiliated with political parties. How many of us would prefer going before a Republican judge instead of a Democrat judge for even a traffic ticket?

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

Let's not forget how many judges had their campaigns funded by George Soros and his globalist cronies.

[@cecygeez2000]

Depends what neighborhood you’re coming from 😅

[@dotswithdave]

Yeah exactly! Democrat judges might let dangerous drivers back on the road, while republican judges might hold them accountable. Unless they are the children of rich Democrats, then we know that the first will definitely left them off instead of maybe! Keep going Dems! Show your moral fiber to middle America and all the non-partisan voters! No more rule of law, even though every network will keep bringing up the fake felonies against Trump again and again! You know, because the Democrats are consistent!

[@robi6317]

not sure who you think is primarily watching this show, but IT AINT republicans. its people that would prefer a Dem judge.

[@upsilondiesbackwards7360]

​@@robi6317 They would prefer a harsher ruling, even though they coulg go scott-free? Not even their president prefers that.

[@Elchristo4666]

FINALLY more daily show. Half the time big events unfold in life I’m thinking about what the daily show will say about it.

[@chrystalthornton1502]

You're killing it, Jon. Bravo!

[@rogueninja1685]

Killing his legacy maybe. The writers of this show completely ignore the severity of an honorable President acknowledging that the judicial branch, like the other two, are officially corruptible. Just laugh about it I guess, but this whole episode disgusts me.

[@Donna_Relaxing]

excellent... the part about pardoning the turkeys was priceless

[@jefffleming7678]

Wait until you see who 47 pardons.

[@ashleycollins6239]

Probably Diddy

[@XV250]

"I'm pardoning... myself."

[@Michael-pw6qk]

My money was on Hunter Biden, but Joe already did that.

[@Alex-js5lg]

​@@XV250he won't need to pardon himself. There won't be a federal judge left in the country who would hold him to account by the end of his term, and he'll probably find an excuse to not hold a 2028 election.

[@DiveRo1o]

They, like always will flip it and say he didn't

[@mollymelena6104]

Love Jon Stewart. So glad he returned.

[@dmitrykim3096]

Yep his replacement was 10 times worse

[@joshuabridges7049]

I agree...Trevor Noah was trash

[@DeVaughnRitchie24]

2:05 I love the little tribute to John Oliver there! John Oliver uses that same cadence to joke about Ted Cruz.

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

“I do not like that man Ted Cruz” 😂

[@alumpyhorse]

@@ibrahimchowdhury9779💫😂

[@DeVaughnRitchie24]

@ “I do not like his far-right views” 😁

[@ryta877]

Isn't that cadence just the cadence Ted Cruz himself used for his "i do not like greens eggs and ham" fillerbuster speech? So the cadence of that childrenpoem or whatever it is? Not american so don't know the poem

[@Orestes728]

Have you heard of Dr. Seuss? John Oliver started that segment because Cruz read "Green Eggs and Ham" during a filibuster.

[@EricHughes-z4y]

Have a merry Maga christmas everybody

[@LuisAntonioPerez327]

Because “moral high ground” has worked so well thus far

[@jasonmeade955]

It only works if you actually HAVE the moral high ground. That is the problem.

[@britishrocklovingyank3491]

@@jasonmeade955 Can you show me the moral high ground? Can you tell me a time when it existed?

[@derek96720]

I mean, if Dems stopped pretending to have it then we could at least stop with all the moral grandstanding and finally move on to ACTUAL solutions to problems.

[@MengyaPanda]

So because they kick puppies even we should kick puppies too?

[@AlejandroRamos-l3i]

Baby killers can’t be described as moral.

[@brittanyhauptman6187]

So, so unfortunately true. Exhausting

[@geoffreycat1763]

Now Hunter needs to get the f out of Dodge. FDT

[@ErikWidmann]

T bone ml

[@ladelame1]

Democrats have destroyed the justice system. Using it to target rival presidents with bogus charges and pardoning their kids after they commit federal crimes. Refusing to investigate a president because he's too old to be a defendant.

[@deel657]

Jon, You are the absolute epitome of brilliance and makes life these days, a bit easier to endure 👌

[@MsMak12356]

Though I disagree with him on this point. Biden is STILL abiding by the Rule of Law. WHAT IS THE BIG EFFING DEAL??

[@violethbarrera2625]

rule of law is foŕgotten. Trump and many others have broken many many laws. Are they in jail? No. So.there is NOT laws.

[@grittygrits9420]

I am having a hard time laughing anymore John.

[@Eddie-ud4bb]

True. I don't even watch news anymore. Why bother.. it's all down. I watch ytube daily show colbert & kimmel monologues is all

[@somaticspirituality]

oh you just need to find different comedy, i really like Tim Dillon for his nihilistic and absurdist perspective

[@shootermcgavin991]

I’m not! Especially at people like you. Get frickin real. Grow up

[@golonawailus4312]

It is all downhill since watergate

[@jondaniel6948]

John will never see this, and if he did he wouldn't care.

[@Thrankson]

Eleven years is the time Republicans were persecuting him for🤷‍♂️

[@marksprinkle]

Those were the years he was committing felonies. Weird how that lines up.

[@belongNaNee]

​@@marksprinkle Cope

[@Bbenton1959]

​@@marksprinkle😂😂😂😂

[@neoasura]

​@@belongNaNee We won the election, we're coping just fine.

[@cpthornman]

Also the same year Russia entered Crimea.

[@eagleowl3664]

I respect Jon's neutrality in this issue. We need more people like Jon in this country if we ever wish to have a future in this country.

[@nochepatada]

Only a Jon Stewart presidency could save America

[@pzen]

I've actually lost respect for Jon over this. I do not like Joe Biden but his son was put through the ringer by an unfair campaign. There are ways to be neutral but acting like this is somehow over the line these days is a bridge too far.

[@Canoneddie]

he is obviously bias

[@nochepatada]

@Canoneddie you think he has a right wing bias?

[@jiblitin1520]

In his previous episode he was saying Democrats should do things like this.

[@souhilabouchareb9386]

Argh, first we'll have the Kushner father as an Ambassador, and now we just learned that Donald Trump is coming this weekend for the re-opening of the Notre-Dame cathedral. We're very grateful to the US donors, and they should be the ones coming. Not him. It's already a security nightmare, and now it'll be worst. Anyway, great job by Jon Stewart and the writers, as always. 🇨🇵♥️🇺🇲

[@mapratt]

Perhaps it will rain, and he won't actually go.

[@souhilabouchareb9386]

@mapratt Fingers crossed. We should have the Pope (not coming) and instead we have...him. 🙄😉

[@brightonbabe2139]

Can you keep him there?

[@souhilabouchareb9386]

@brightonbabe2139 Nope. He's all jours. 😅😉

[@wtfesme235]

Only if they keep him in an oubliette

[@melissagrubb7443]

Biden wasn't selling the information.

[@LucyMartin-x3r]

and he didn't refuse to return it for months. And it wasn't nuclear secrets.

[@davidmc7442]

17 files not seventeen box's​@@LucyMartin-x3r

[@noiseofknowing8964]

Biden turned the documents in voluntarily. He allowed his property to be inspected. Trump was asked several times to return the documents and lied when he said that he had turned them all over. If he had just given them up when asked this all would have blown over.

[@JasonDoege-js8io]

then why did he have it? and why did they blame it on trump with a massive russia gate propoganda machine? yall worship evil

[@unbroken1010]

😂😂. Ok. Little buddy

[@bruceplenderleith838]

if Hunter was left at ther mercy of a trump DOJ, it would never end, it needs to be comprehensive

[@west_park7993]

hunter is at the mercy of trump doj will make biden pardon null and void. trump is above the law.

[@TheIrishny]

But Trump being at the mercy of a Democrat DOJ was fine and dandy?

[@bruceplenderleith838]

@@TheIrishny and democratic DOJ is not interested in vendetta, that's trump's world

[@TheIrishny]

@bruceplenderleith838 Sure. 🤣

[@bruceplenderleith838]

@@TheIrishny this is the type of false equivalency that idiots thrive on

[@user-gc1id6gh2u89]

Pardon includes The Big Guy 😂😂😂😂

[@BradloRaul]

I’m not here to judge whether Joe should or should not have pardoned Hunter; but the US President shouldn’t have the power to pardon themselves, their family, close associates, etc.. There needs to some mechanism of oversight for this.

[@thomasmason302]

Could the FOUNDING FATHERS have seen all of this coming? Did any of us think that we'd be voting for the Real Housewives of Capitol Hill?

[@cheef825]

@@thomasmason302 just a reminder that a significant amount of our founding fathers were slavers. not a surprise that a constitution written by people who owned other human beings would not be built for the political problems of today

[@raebaker3277]

Agreed. But trump has exposed a list of serious issues that must be addressed and I believe should have been addressed in the Biden administration. Ex...a felon being allowed to run for president The many ways government can be used as a weapon How easy it seems to be to takeover the country even before being sworn in Etc Shocking how little oversight 😮

[@Kr0N05]

Did you think that in Dec of 2020 when Trump was doing that for all his corrupt buddies?

[@thomasmason302]

@@Kr0N05 Me? No. OP???

[@aaronaranda1966]

Watching you brings me back to a time when I had a family. Thank you

[@davidgrein6294]

Jon Stewart keeps getting better every show! Love it.

[@TheLatinfresh]

People get mad when they see themselves reflected in the hypocrisy, spot on.

[@Sharonmxg]

the branding is wrong. It is not "law" per se, it is decency, honesty and strength of character that are the basis of democracy. We have laws because there are people who refuse to be decent or honest.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Thank you

[@else3z13]

We have laws to protect the powerful. The Dakota Access Pipeline ignored the ruling against them and just paid the fines. The protesters were in jail.

[@aphextemper44]

"The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." - Tacitus

[@Isaic02]

@@aphextemper44 It isn't a linear correlation. Tacitus should have said more.

[@AdamEdn]

What?? 😂 Nah, it’s the law and the institutional powers granted by it. We may be the greatest in a line of democratic states that were openly built and strengthened via adhering to none of those ideals. We became the face of democracy during Jim Crow 😂

[@francesw.6774]

Given someone the power to pardon a family member, they're going to pardon a family member. Don't say you wouldn't do it until you are in a position to do so and it's your son or daughter up for jail time. The problem is giving anyone this unrestrained and unilateral power. This power shouldn't exist, at least in this unmitigated form.

[@douglemay7989]

$2 million each was the orange blob's price last time. I wonder what it will be this time?

[@GTA5Player1]

@@francesw.6774 I'd say it's more about who will run things come January. After 4+ years of Hunter's laptop and whatnot, this could have been a literal witch trial!

[@BichaeldeAngelo]

The problem wasn’t even really that he did it (I get that), the problem was lying that he wouldn’t in order to say how he is far more morally just and respects the rule of law and believes that the justice system couldn’t be and wasn’t politically rigged and then issuing a pardon with a statement that could’ve come directly from Trump himself

[@RobertBrian-h6c]

Your deliberately missing the point , the point being the Democrats in election campaign used fact Biden said not pardon son , as a reason to vote democrat

[@gerardoresendiz6731]

On the wise words of lady Gaga till it happen to you

[@amandanelson9697]

“Flurry of other distracting purchases” 🤣😂

[@cadidaddi]

The bit of Hunter at the Dinner table had me DYING with laughter 😂😂😂

[@dh-1981]

CLARISE for FBI DIRECTOR to go after HANNIBAL LECTER FANS ‼️

[@grittygrits9420]

Sweet

[@tylerhackner9731]

We love you Jon! You’re awesome 👏

[@Alison-ku5ko]

He sounds typical Desi 😂😭😂😭😂

[@Shiusen]

Jon Stewart quoting MSNBC is unintentionally hilarious

[@bulletprooftiger1879]

First time watching? This isn't a news program. Every daily show episode uses the mainstream media to convey fact and fiction.

[@marianjones8358]

I do think one factor in this decision is Bidens concern of Trump having easy access to his son.

[@IdislikeTechnology]

Thank you for seeing past the bipartisan divide.

[@edithabellon]

Family first! Human nature that’s all.

[@TonyWallace0923]

I believe Jon Stewart missed the point on this issue. America has shown what is important to them, "SELF," and Biden is basically saying, "I'm taking care of my own." It feels like he's dropped the mic and is walking out, flipping the bird as he goes. Peace.

[@heleneabergman]

Should the President have left Hunter Biden to the tender mercies of Kash Patel?

[@ilenastarbreeze4978]

Definatwly not. Im glad he did.

[@yogeshkmrful]

What he was going to do ? Prosecute him for his crimes ?

[@stephanieadams3747]

Terrifying thought.

[@Very_Nice_and_Polite_Person]

Yes.

[@Malkovichfkmicrosoft]

Why should Hunter get preferential treatment while the rest of us gun owners don't?

[@teddymartinii1979]

Replace "may have committed" with "will be accused of and arrested by.... ummmm, Kash Patel?"

[@yogeshkmrful]

Didn't he plead guilty?

[@saywhat3522]

They would have made an example of him without a doubt. And no, he was still fighting his case…

[@N1ghtStalkerNL]

@@yogeshkmrful Notice how sweeping the pardon was? All the stuff currently out and litigated is probably not what the pardon was for.

[@brookeweatherly]

👉👍👈💜🤍💙🐾🐾🐕🦮🐈🐈‍⬛️🐠🦈🦉🐦🐦‍⬛🌸🌼💐😉😎🫂☮️🕊🗽🗽🇺🇸

[@Tesmond256]

@@N1ghtStalkerNL the stuff on the gun and taxes were unlikely to be more than a fine and suspended sentences. The gun charge could even get overturned entirely on 2A and 5A grounds.

[@syrmo]

What are we going to do about it? Not vote for him?

[@Dan-yk6sy]

There's zero incentive to stop it. You get a pardon, you get a pardon! Every elected official gets pardons from any crime, future past or present! Friends and family plans included! What could go wrong?

[@maryramirez1167]

I’m glad he pardoned his son

[@elaineponzi88]

And I actually don’t see a similarity between Biden’s pardon and Trump’s pardons totally different reasons

[@StrawberryShortcake12335]

Right or wrong, I would have done the exact same thing. Biden has already lost two children.

[@JAIMERITREX]

Really John!!

[@donneumeier3664]

I am sure Joe just thought what would orange Jesus do 😂

[@Fe302011]

Exactly 😂😂

[@kailalavender17]

🤭😅😂🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

[@jasoncerminaro4586]

The past is the past. Joe has to think about the future with the upcoming appointed kangaroo court.

[@ladelame1]

Yeah, it might convict him of 34 bogus felonies or something crazy like that.

[@DavidSweetnam]

“Now watch this dive..” haha, a Bush reference there?

[@ingridwheeler3180]

What? trmp has never "gone back on his word?" Let's dissect that one, please.

[@TYRONE_SHOELACES]

Ummmmm...two wrongs don't make a right...11 years ....that is like an unsigned confession.

[@andrejparunovic]

Who said Trump never goes back on his word? Are you ill?

[@coosoorlog]

who are you even talking to?

[@PedricCuf]

No one has ever said that. Not even Trump.

[@signumcrucis71]

Forgiving his son ten years of crimes, 2014 - 2024. is SCANDALOUS!!!....see how Socialism inaugurated by Obama and crowned by Biden is so corrupt and destructive in the lives of Americans!!

[@nsteffensen]

The American people have spoken. We chose grab what you can. Who is Biden to oppose the will of the people?

[@tristanflynn4014]

You allowed your Presidents to not have to face consequences for their actions. So only your fuhrer is supposed to take advantage of that? No one would leave their kids at the mercy of a dictatorship.

[@Yesterdayrose2811]

Exactly

[@dhc]

Funny, but I’m a little disappointed they didn’t end with Kash Patel promising to go after Hunter, which is why there was such a sweeping pardon.

[@burrkut]

Yes! Why didn't Jon talk about Patel? Jon was wimpy and skirted the most important reason!

[@CarlaKing-w6s]

Jon Stewart once said about Trump “well get through this”. If you are a wealthy land owner. There are so many that will not get through this. I’m done with him

[@KennyRogersRoasters84]

Sooo you are fine that the Bribem's sold out the country and because The Trump administration wants to hold them accountable for treasonous behavior you are happy that Joe Pardoned Hunter so they (meaning both of the and the rest of their family) can't be held accountable. Lol 😂 ok

[@johnyliltoe]

@@CarlaKing-w6s He's a comedian. Nihilism, no matter how appropriate, isn't in his job description.

[@rogerpalmer3723]

Its not about the fact, he's just trying to make money tearing down biden

[@nate1754]

Someone told him you know Trump is going to pardon those J-6ers and he said "why the F would I take the high road?"

[@casualriley]

"Trump is going to pardon my political prisoners? Well obviously this gives me the moral high ground to pardon my son for all crimes he may have committed, including his shady dealings with China and Ukraine which may lead to corruption charges against me."

[@reignman30]

Yeah makes sense. Trump pardoning people who were in fact wrongly convicted political prisoners, is the same as Biden pardoning his son who is a criminal 42 times over.

[@davidbarry8206]

“Now watch this dive…” 😂😂😂

[@TheHolbrooklyn]

gold

[@Emimiller-r9n]

At this point I would take the potential grizzly bears Betsy DeVos was scared about in public schools on the cabinet over these picks

[@Criticalthinker-x9f]

Gotta get down in the dirt cuz the orange monster forced his hand

[@doctorg.k.spoderminsr.2588]

ah yes, "trump made me do it!". Typical left

[@randyjordan5521]

Gee, Trump is all-powerful, and he hasn't even re-taken office yet.

[@jeffmcallister7040]

Kash Patel really has some people scared.

[@dlb19595]

Yes I believe that but how long will Trump put up with him? For a while no doubt he will be like Musk gone before year 2. Just a feeling....

[@elaineponzi88]

@@dlb19595 you know, I think musk has so much money so will probably put up with him a lot longer!

[@blrbrazil1718]

How wonderful to have 'our' Jon Stewart back! The one for whom there were no taboos against poking fun at the human comedy.

[@blrbrazil1718]

@private8606 : It's not anti-American to satirize the ills of the country. And once a nation loses its sense of humour then it is doomed. I'll agree that not everything that's branded as humour is funny though. Some of it is in poor taste and even crosses reasonable red lines. But it's enjoyable being able to listen to Jon Stewart and Bill Maher trying to make sense of this crazy world, or at least to establish some kind of balance.

[@As-luminaire]

Another dangerous pick by Trump.

[@nielbayotas7714]

Yeah. Very dangerous to deep state and corrupt officials. 😢

[@yogeshkmrful]

He's the perfect man to clean up the FBI.

[@daryldaryl913]

​@@yogeshkmrful To be the FBI.

[@randyjordan5521]

He will only be dangerous to criminals.

[@AgentSmith-bl4hk]

I will always listen to John because I'm a millennial and at the time I was sold on the Iraqi war and he was the only one who spoke out against it, and he was right.

[@StrawberryShortcake12335]

Not the only one, my minister was picking the hymn, “Let there be Peach on Earth” a whole lot during the buildup to the Iraqi War. 😊

[@ElDinosaurioGigante]

Okay that Nickelodeon slime line was actually pretty funny

[@TheGamingPolitician]

The dread I’m feeling rn is unreal

[@vivinethomas7091]

He has the right to pardon someone and he chose his son.

He can pardon as many people as he wants. The Constitution doesn't, AFAIK, put a limit on the number of pardons a POTUS can give per term/year/month.

[@randyjordan5521]

LOL. He chose his son because Joe was a beneficiary of the bribe and kickback money that Hunter brought in.

[@doggiehowzer]

Entertaining as the skit on Hunter Biden’s pardon was, what has taking the high ground given the Democrats

[@Adreal357]

Drumpf

[@JorenMathews]

A smug sense of superiority?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

That's it! I'm never casting a vote to re-elect Hunter Biden!!!

[@Billinois78]

@@JorenMathews Both sides have that.

[@e.blue37]

Exactly they've just found a way to use it against us.

[@heavytank2]

Hunter looks like a Ben Stiller character. 😂

[@chefdean7257]

I seriously doubt history will remember anything, from just before, whats about to happen.

[@AdamEdn]

The internet never forgets.

[@chefdean7257]

@AdamEdn Til it gets digitally scrubbed. It's not like search engines have alotta competitors. 🧐

[@andrewjones4338]

Missed opportunity for a Spinal Tap joke: "This one goes to 11."

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Great Movie... hello Cleveland! 😂👍

[@Monsoonpain]

Jack Smith MUST BE APPOINTED FED JUDGE TO PROTECT HIM

[@tema618]

Yes

[@crl6355]

Judicial Watch just won a judgment today against Fani. She must supply all of her communications with Jack Smith and others, or she will be held in contempt and / or worse. How about them apples? 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 Eh? What's that? Cat got your tongue?

[@peaceloveharmony7213]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@crl6355 So what? That’s not a problem. You think they just made stuff up? Lol. Law enforcement is allowed to - and should be expected to - share information. Three grand juries heard the evidence in these cases and indicted him. Not sure where you’ve been but Trump committed most of these crimes out in the open and the witnesses were Republicans, Trump administration officials, Trump’s WH counsel, Trump family members, Trump’s employees, and his own lawyers. How about them apples?

[@randyjordan5521]

So you're saying that Jack Smith has committed crimes from which he needs to be protected from prosecution?

[@Monsoonpain]

@randyjordan5521 - he needs protection from trumps PETTY "REVENGE" plots...and you all know it

[@MeNoOther]

Except that the president is above the law, the Supreme Court said so 😂😂😂

[@feliciaorth6243]

Now free Leonard Pelltier

[@riverlove6820]

YESS!!!!

[@Arateenteras]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@genosmolko10666]

Does it matter? Despite how horrendous the Trumpian GOP is, Americans think both sides are the same

[@ladelame1]

Do you think maybe weaponizing the federal and state level justice system to try and use lawfare to force Donald Trump out of a democratic election might have contributed slightly to that perception?

[@genosmolko10666]

@@ladelame1 You don't think there's even a possibility that Trump might actually be guilty of crimes he's accused of? I'll never understand how anyone looks at Trump, an absolute pig of a man, and thinks "Yeah, he's the most innocent man ever!"

[@The-Vega-Islands]

I am expecting a flat earther to be head of NASA

[@diamondsmasher]

With MAGA, lots of possibilities there!

[@369frequencyandvibration]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thedin3467]

Biology is still in the sciences, right?

[@randyjordan5521]

Well, for the last four years, we've had a president who suffers from dementia, and a vice president who is a ditzy airhead, so who knows. And until last August, we had a Secret Service director who said that she didn't place agents on the roof at Trump's PA rally because the roof is sloped and was therefore a safety hazard. Funny, the would-be assassin didn't have a problem being on that sloped roof.

[@CynthiaMcG]

If I just found out who's going to be in charge of the FBI, I would do everything in my power to protect my loved ones.

[@orlandoescobar5174]

Especially if they did illegal things lol.

[@WeShareTheSameAffliction]

That's fine. The issue is that he said he wouldn't pardon him over and over again, and then he did. He didn't have to lie about it. He should've just said maybe he will. 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@cynthmcgpoet]

@@WeShareTheSameAffliction Expecting consistency from human beings is part of the affliction we all share.

[@jarretheller2244]

If I'm Hunter, I really nanna nanna boo boo in the FoxNews maga face by announcing an exploratory 2028 campaign bid. But that's because I'm Kendrick Lamar level petty lol

[@walksthroughlife900]

That's is sooooo funny. Even better if he gets somewhere...

[@randyjordan5521]

If Hunter runs for president as a Democrat in 2028, every Republican in the USA will respond with "Thank you Jesus."

[@iamreadytoroam8903]

Biden should pardon everyone who spoke out against trump.

[@Denzie53]

One way of making people testify is to grant them immunity so that their testimony will not constitute self-incrimination. The Presidential pardon confers immunity, so the pardoned person can be compelled to testify without violating his Fifth Amendment rights. This could get interesting...

[@elaineponzi88]

AUH, that’s at least half the country, especially if they can tap into our phones, emails, texts, etc. now, and they can-no conspiracy